Using multiple users and databases with the official PostgreSQL Docker image

The official recommendation:

If you would like to do additional initialization in an image derived from this one, add one or more *.sql, *.sql.gz, or *.sh scripts under /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d (creating the directory if necessary). After the entrypoint calls initdb to create the default postgres user and database, it will run any *.sql files and source any *.sh scripts found in that directory to do further initialization before starting the service.

This directory contains a script to create multiple databases using that mechanism.

Usage

By mounting a volume

Clone the repository, mount its directory as a volume into /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d and declare database names separated by commas in POSTGRES_MULTIPLE_USERS_AND_DATABASES environment variable as follows (docker-compose syntax):

postgres:
    image: ismail0352/postgres-multi-user-and-db
    ports:
        - "5432"
    environment:
        # # Syntax for multiple users and multiple DB's
        # # - POSTGRES_MULTIPLE_USERS_AND_DATABASES="ownerOfDB1,DB1: ownerOfDB2,DB2: ...ownerOfDB(n), DB(n)"
        POSTGRES_MULTIPLE_USERS_AND_DATABASES: "my_user,my_DB: your_user,your_DB" 

Non-standard database names

If you need to use non-standard database names (hyphens, uppercase letters etc), quote them in POSTGRES_MULTIPLE_USERS_AND_DATABASES:

    environment:
        - POSTGRES_MULTIPLE_USERS_AND_DATABASES="ownerOfDB1","DB1": "ownerOfDB2","DB2": ..."ownerOfDB(n), "DB(n)""